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QUOST: Quality Outcomes for Out-of-School Time

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What is QUOST?

Through Quality Outcomes for Out of School Time (QUOST), PASE reaches organizations throughout New York City and the country to increase their awareness and understanding of the need to identify and measure outcomes, as well as their capacity to identify and measure appropriate outcomes for their programs.

• ongoing communication to raise awareness and understanding of outcomes measurement within afterschool program staff through trainings and publications;
• national work via conferences and trainings;
• review and standardization (refinement and/or development) of instruments to measure social and emotional development; and
• roundtable discussions with key stakeholders, including principals, corporate executives, parents, and more.

Why is QUOST important?

In conversations with funders, researchers, and afterschool practitioners, PASE consistently hears that the matter of outcomes is the question both of the moment and of the future.

Accountability, appropriateness, and adaptable methodologies are critical issues facing the field, and the organizations serving the country’s young people in out of school time vary widely in their ability and preparedness to tackle these challenges. The understanding of afterschool education’s benefits, outcomes, and crucial nature for youth, particularly those from low-income communities, also varies widely among key stakeholders outside the field.

What are the outcomes of QUOST?

Through QUOST, PASE aims to:

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